What we don't know is perhaps best for us not to know. We are basically an insecure species striving to know it all. Our insecurity drives us to seek out pseudo-answers we can rationalize and justify. Our fear of death and the unknown is strong. The desire to have all the answers to all of the mysteries of life and death and then defend positions built on imperfect knowledge is also strong.

It takes someone who is honest and humble enough to admit that he does not know everything. There is nothing wrong with having to look for the correct answer rather than guessing or making something up.

Another thought:Most religions pretend to know all the answers about God. Some would even kill for something they know little or nothing about.

Good one. Once I realized how little I knew ( or how little I could get away with...) I decided to use this smidgeon of knowledge to realize how fortunate I really was to have been born in this time, country, and culture. It worked.